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Gaming company third-quarter earnings are being pounded by the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, although the effect is likely to wash out in the long run, analysts said Thursday.

News Brief: Representatives of the Big Lagoon Rancheria, Los Coyotes Band, and developer BarWest Gaming, held a celebration in order to commemorate Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing of compacts Sept. 9 with the two tribes.

News Brief: Members of the Big Island Conservation District say they are not opposed to the planned move of Jumer’s Casino Rock Island to a site off Interstate 280 and Illinois 92.

News Brief: U.S. casino operators are likely to post robust quarterly earnings despite Gulf Coast hurricane damage and concerns over flagging consumer demand that have pressured the companies' stocks.

News Brief: Modesto charities were scrambling this week after the California Department of Justice announced a crackdown on gaming events sponsored by nonprofit agencies.

News Brief: Park City, Kansas, council members reacted after the Sedgwick County Commission refused to allow a referendum vote on casinos.

Caryl Jo is the latest jackpot winner at Terrible's Lakeside Casino where she hit the jackpot a penny slot game, ‘TV Hits, The Beverly Hillbillies.’

IGT has been awarded additional placements of its video lottery terminals in New York and Rhode Island, based on the performance of its video lottery terminals in those jurisdictions.

Twenty lucky people will have the opportunity to play poker against the best, Phil Hellmuth, at a poker tournament hosted by the TASER Foundation.

Saturday's Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated annuity value of $290 million or $141.9 million cash.

Delaware Park Racetrack & Slots reports that Delaware Park Player Rewards Club member, has won a $417,565 jackpot on one of its Wheel of Gold state-wide Progressive Machines.

Real estate analysts predict that perhaps a quarter of the nearly 200 condominium towers proposed in Las Vegas will be built.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will reach an estimated $290 million for Saturday's draw.

Unresolved questions surrounding the controversial introduction of slot machines at four parimutuel facilities in Broward County will be a primary focus of discussion at next week's Florida Gaming Summit.

News Brief: Nearly 1,300 retailers around the state will sell the tickets at first, according to Beverly Hughes, marketing director for the Oklahoma Lottery Commission.

Pieces of Las Vegas will be auctioned off today for at least $1 million in the biggest legitimate opening bid in eBay history.

News Brief: A St. Cloud, Minnesota, pull-tab parlor will move to a more high-visibility location after getting City Council approval.

News Brief: Millions of dollars have flowed over the years through Troopers Bingo, the main fund-raising arm of the nonprofit Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps.

The exclusive right to use the popular tourism slogan "What happens here, stays here" was put back into the hands of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday.